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Descriptor English: Abortion, Septic
Descriptor Spanish: Aborto Séptico
Descriptor aborto séptico
Scope note: Aborto con infección sobreañadida en el que se produce la diseminación de los microorganismos y de sus productos por la circulación general materna.
Descriptor Portuguese: Aborto Séptico
Descriptor French: Avortement septique
Entry term(s): Abortions, Septic
Septic Abortion
Septic Abortions
Tree number(s): C01.674.173
C12.050.703.039.256
C12.050.703.700.173
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000031
Scope note: Any type of abortion, induced or spontaneous, that is associated with infection of the UTERUS and its appendages. It is characterized by FEVER, uterine tenderness, and foul discharge.
Annotation: /vet permitted only if discussed as "septic" abortion: do not use automatically for animal abortion in brucellosis, vibriosis, trichomoniasis, etc; check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 33
Unique ID: D000031
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Abortion, Septic - Preferred
Concept UI M0000050
Scope note Any type of abortion, induced or spontaneous, that is associated with infection of the UTERUS and its appendages. It is characterized by FEVER, uterine tenderness, and foul discharge.
Preferred term Abortion, Septic
Entry term(s) Abortions, Septic
Septic Abortion
Septic Abortions



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